This is really good advice. The stoplight analogy is very clever, but I think a lot of people need to do a better job of classifying all the things they do correctly first. I can see them putting spending time with family, proper sleep and exercise, and time for themselves in the green light instead of the yellow.
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The traffic light system is one that is used by Dr. Darria Long in the emergency room to prioritize patients. The message here is not to treat everything as life-threatening, otherwise your stress hormones rise and your executive functions in your pre-frontal cortex decline, your memory, judgment and impulse control deteriorate and the brain's areas for anger and anxiety are activated.
One of the most common things people treat like an emergency is text messages. I say set aside time in your day to do uninterrupted deep work and also set aside time to deal with text messages. Just don't treat everything as an emergency.
That is true. I also read in another article that it can take more than 5 minutes for one to recover their focus if they are distracted/disturbed from it.